e.l.f Baked Bronzer

Not all affordable beauty buys are winners and unfortunately this bronzer is no winner. I bought Maui from the ELF website for $NZD3.00 during their 50% off sale. I absolutely love small makeup items because they're lighter, take up little space and they're easier to travel with so to have a bronzer that is of a similar size and packaging as their baked highlighter was an added bonus to me.

I recommend people to read the product details because I didn't, so I clearly missed a key word which would have stopped me dead in my tracks from buying it - "SHIMMERY". I seriously need someone to tell me why bronzers should have shimmers. I'm not trying to highlight the path of my contour nor do I want a shimmery framed face. On my chocolate skin this bronzer doesn't give me a sun-kissed look, it just looks shimmery as if I I'm all about that glittery life.

The pigmentation is non-existent, it took 4 solid swatches with my finger to pick up pigment so you can imagine how I fared with the brush - terrible. To add to the frustration I dropped the bronzer and the packaging survived the fall but the bronzer clearly detached itself from the pan - unbelievable. It was still usable not that there was any point with the little colour it was giving me. I'm glad this was an affordable lesson because it's one that I have no intention of revisiting.

I purchased this bronzer in St Lucia. As I have fair skin, I find it hard to wear bronzer without it looking too orange. This is the perfect bronzer colour for me! It is a nice brown and perfect to wear just below my blush to contour my cheeks. Unfortunately, it is so baked I struggle to pick it up with a brush! When I use my finger to swatch there is no problem with the product but I just struggle to pick up the baked texture with a brush. For this reason, I would not repurchase.

I purchased this is the shade St Lucia (The lightest shade available I think) and it's actually not a bad product (I had my reservations).

I have fair cool toned skin and find this bronzer doesn't appear overly orange or muddy on my skin. It does lean more to the orange side though.

I thought it would only be suitable as an all over bronzer as it has a satin finish (not shimmery but not matte either) but I tried a subtle contour with it and found it worked quite well, but don't think it would work for a defined contour as it would definitely be too orange on my fair skin. It is very light so only suitable for my fellow 'pasty white' girls out there.

It isn't very pigmented and I found I had to build it up a bit to get the natural glow I wanted but am happy with the subtle hint of colour it gives me and I find it less intimidating than really pigmented bronzers which you can easily overdo it with. I think this is great for right now, heading into the cooler months as I still want some colour but not that gorgeous summer glow that other bronzers give.

Since it is not super pigmented I think it would be a perfect bronzer for a beginner since it's pretty fail proof but build-able in terms of colour payoff and it's also super cheap.

I also tried this on my eyes as a crease and blending out colour and it worked great for that too (it was a bit harder to blend than your standard eye shadow). On the crease it was a warmer leaning light satin finish brown and I liked the effect.

It has a nice smooth feel on the skin and is a product I will continue to use.

I found this was a 'nice' bronzer, nothing amazing or anything to rave about. The amount that you get is great for the price. And it is pretty pigmented so you have to use a light hand. Im not a huge fan of the shimmery satin finish but on days my skin is looking dull it does give me a bit of life to my face. But its no good for me as a contour as it does have the shimmer to it, but for a bronzed look it worked well.

I bought this for $5 at Kmart, got the lighter sun kissed colour and the darker one as well. I quite like them but they are a bit too shimmery for my liking. They appear a bit more matte in the pan than once you actually put it on your face. When applying, go lightly as it's very easy to put too much. One dab with a brush should be more than enough (especially with the darker colour).

I will use it again but probably more of a night time going out bronzer rather than everyday.

I love my bronzer and feel like I could never have enough, so when I spotted this on sale decided to give elf's baked bronzer a go. I have this in 'Los Cabos' which is one of the darker shades as although I have a light to medium skin tone in winter, I tan easily in warmer months and wanted something that would help me achieve a more sunkissed glow.

Compared to my elf Contouring Blush and Bronzer Duo which I found very pigmented I found their baked bronzer to be more lightly pigmented. I apply this using an angled blush brush and found I had to build up the colour quite a bit but once achieved I found it gave me a lovely, healthy looking glow. There's quite a sheen to this bronzer, less of the shimmer I had to others I have tried but I still find it does leave a bit of a sheen on the skin although this finish does work for this product.

Even though it's a darker shade for elf, I found this is better more for an all-over use as it gave me a nice sunkissed look, but didn't work so well for contouring.

I think at the price it's a pretty good buy, I wouldn't repurchase myself though purely because I do prefer a more pigmented bronzer but I think this is great for someone wanting something basic or for a beginner.

This is good if your looking for a back up product when you've run out of your staple product. Its ok to use but you need to use a lot of product to get good colour pay off otherwise it dissapears into your skin and other make up quite quickly. The packaging is flimsy and you wouldnt want it stored by your bigger bulky products as it could break. Super affordable though and would reccomend for anyone trying out make up for the first time. Lasting power during the day, again, was ok but still couldnt see much of it left after the end of the working day.

The thing about elf baked products is the blush high lighter and highlighter etc are all packaged the same I am not saying the packaging is bad but when you are in a hurry looking for the right item can be tricky when you have a collection of them. This bronzer is a nice tone so you do not look all orange and I love that you can use this as a contour to frame the face a blusher etc a bit like the whole thin lizzy 6in one idea. I also love that it can be used wet or dry the price is fantastic and these elf products make cute and idea gifts for young ladies starting out with make up and for teens with acne prone skin the caring additives make this product very appealing

This product is from a cheaper range that you (and I) have most likely bought for that exact reason. And given its very reasonable price I think it does an OK job. Mostly I find that the elf bronzer provides a light shine, which is great if you're not into wearing a whole lot of make up. However, once you start layering I find it gets lost. It is a nice colour, which means that I've ended up using it as a finishing eye shadow for a bit of shine :)

Its definitely a good product for the price. It isn't too pigmented so provides a subtle glow for the "no makeup" makeup days or for someone who is into the more natural look. I use this more as an eye shadow as its quite shimmery and too orange as a highlighter for my light skintone :) Very nice product regardless, especially for the $$$